Bob Greene Quotes

If I can do it, little old me, you can do it. Trust and believe.

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• That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Way
  • Path
  • Reach

• I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • She
  • Start
  • Year

• I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

  

  Gary Dourdan
  • Always
  • Never
  • Boxes

• I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

  

  Paige Butcher
  • People
  • Love
  • Charity

• The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Great
  • Best
  • Baby

• Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.

  

  Hack Wilson
  • Kids
  • Advice
  • Accept

• There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Street

• When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.

  

  Zach McGowan
  • Character
  • Future
  • Past

• The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Good
  • Mistake
  • Thought

• My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Family
  • Strong
  • Faith

• I'm just a down-to-earth guy.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Guy
  • Earth
  • Just

• I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

  

  Larry Niven
  • Believe
  • Run
  • Surprises

• It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Today

• Speaking from personal experience, I think that losing the sense of free will has only improved my ethics - by increasing my feelings of compassion and forgiveness, and diminishing my sense of entitlement to the fruits of my own good luck.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Free

• I never thought I'd be an action star, but now they're going to make little Xena action figures for kids. I still want to be a fine actress one day; it's just a matter of putting in the time and passion.

  

  Lucy Lawless
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Action

• A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.

  

  Keegan-Michael Key
  • People
  • Why
  • Nature

• I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.

  

  Billy Childish
  • Music

• I like to go to the beach, have a bonfire, and play music.

  

  Colbie Caillat
  • Music
  • Beach

• If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a huge amount. It's show time every day, it's a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a rock-and-roll band.

  

  Mick Fleetwood Fleetwood Mac
  • People
  • Time
  • Team

• Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.

  

  Anne Wojcicki
  • Women
  • Cancer

• Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

  

  Kelly Clarkson
  • Life
  • Country
  • Singer

• Every traveler knows too well the endless quest for the perfect travel bag: the one that's stylish enough to carry through Paris, sturdy enough to tote around Peru, and - most important - doesn't make your shoulder sag even before you've loaded it up with everything you need for a day of sightseeing.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Up
  • Important
  • Perfect

• We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Believe
  • Brain
  • Body

• If I can do it, little old me, you can do it. Trust and believe.

  

  Bob Greene
  • Believe
  • Trust